Activities aboard
Endeavour today focused on preparations for Monday’s planned landing
at the Kennedy Space Center, concluding a voyage of 4.9 million miles.

Today, Commander
Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart and Flight Engineer Franklin Chang-Diaz
activated one of three hydraulic power units on Endeavour, tested all
of its aerosurfaces, and then test-fired Endeavour’s steering jets.
The remaining crew members – Philippe Perrin of CNES, and former
Expedition Four crewmembers Yury Onufrienko, Carl Walz and Dan Bursch
– continued packing up gear and hardware in anticipation of tomorrow’s
landing.

Endeavour has two
opportunities to land at the Kennedy Space Center on Monday. The first
begins with a deorbit burn of the Orbital Maneuvering System engines
at 10:51 a.m., followed by a landing at 11:59 a.m. Central time (12:59
p.m. Eastern.) In the event weather prevents a landing on that first
opportunity, there is a second opportunity, beginning with a deorbit
burn at 12:30 p.m. and resulting in a 1:36 p.m. Central (2:36 p.m. Eastern)
landing in Florida. Preliminary weather forecasts call for the possibility
of clouds and rain showers within the vicinity of the three-mile long
landing strip on Monday. The backup landing site at California’s
Edwards Air Force Base was not called up for support Monday. Endeavour
has sufficient consumables to remain in orbit, if necessary, until Thursday.

Onufrienko, Bursch
and Walz took a few minutes this afternoon to talk with Fox News, WOIO-TV
of Cleveland – Walz’ hometown, and WICZ-TV of Vestal, NY –
Bursch’s hometown. The crew extended their best wishes on this
Father’s Day and discussed their 193-day stay in space. With an
on-time landing Monday, Onufrienko, Bursch and Walz will have spent
194 days in space.

Meanwhile, aboard
the space station, the Expedition Five crew – Commander Valery
Korzun and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treschev –
spent today settling into their new home, unpacking some of the equipment
and hardware carried to the station by Endeavour. They also enjoyed
a few hours of off-duty time today.

Endeavour’s
crew will begin a scheduled eight-hour sleep period at 7:23 p.m. today,
waking just before 3:30 a.m. Monday to prepare for a homecoming to the
Kennedy Space Center.

The next STS-111
status report will be issued Monday morning or earlier if events warrant.

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